Nov. 18, 2009 — When a trial court rejected a plea agreement as too lenient, the attorney general said the judge was improperly substituting his opinion for that of the prosecutor. But the judge says case law gives him an independent supervisory role. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear the dispute.

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Nov. 18, 2009 — Liza Barry-Kessler outlines the Federal Trade Commission’s recently revised guides concerning endorsements and testimonial advertising — and the requirements for bloggers and for companies advertising with bloggers — that go into effect on Dec. 1, 2009.

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Nov. 18, 2009 — The hard work of narrowing the field of potential presidential nominees for judicial openings in Wisconsin's Western District, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. attorney positions for the Eastern and Western districts of Wisconsin fell upon Wisconsin's Federal Nominating Commission.

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